The reason why Athenian pottery was loved by the wealthy people of Dionya was not only because of the uniqueness and high quality of this kind of pottery painted in red on a black background, but also because of the exquisite pictures on the pottery. Athens was home to many of the best painters from the Greek world, almost all of whom were engaged in vase painting, and Onesimus was one of the best painters, who won two vase competitions in the Panathenaeum Society, and Hesklaus spent a lot of money to hire him.

In the face of Hesklaus's compliment, Onesimus behaved not so much different from the other Athenians: "May the Dionicians fully appreciate the beauty of my work!" Yes...... There are so many of these potteries that I'm a little tired and need to rest for a while. ”

Looking at Onehemoth, who was pretending, stretching, and yawning, Hesklaus cursed in his heart, but he echoed: "Yes, yes, you really should have a good rest...... It seems that my order can only be postponed for the time being. ”

"How can there be an order?!" Onesimos said impatiently, "I'll talk about it when I'm rested!" ”

"Then I can only push off this order with the buyer, because they are more urgent." Hesklaus said seemingly unintentionally: "It is said that the Dionian royal family personally ordered the goods, and they wanted to place these pottery in the royal palace and use it to entertain dignitaries from various countries during the games. ”

"What do you say? Something that the Dionian royal family wants?! Onesimus asked suddenly and seriously.

"Yes, I can swear to Athena, it's an order from the Dionian royal family!"

"Uh...... I think I'll be able to wait until this batch of pottery is finished before resting. Onehemoth immediately cheekily changed his words. Despite his contempt for the Dionians, he knew in his heart that the Dionian Divine Kingdom was the overlord of the entire Western Mediterranean and the Greek world, and that his royal family was so noble that if his works could be loved by the powerful Dionian kings, and were also used to entertain the dignitaries of other city-states, he would be famous throughout the Mediterranean (Athenian pottery has a characteristic feature that it bears the signatures of the potters and bottle painters).

A teasing smile appeared on the corner of Hesklaus's mouth, and he said, "Okay, I'll arrange it." ”

"Wait, what are the requirements for the content of the bottle painting?"

"It must be the relevant content of the Hades Codex, after all, the Dionian royal family is a descendant of Hades."

"I see, buy me a copy of the Hades Codex as soon as possible." Onesimos said without hesitation.

Another reason why the Dionicians liked Athenian pottery is because the Athenian pottery vase painting is not like other city-state pottery vase paintings, which are mostly still lifes, its vase paintings are narrative, war, heroic legends, gods, etc., and often have a tragic sense of epic, which may be related to the Athenians' love of drama.

Most of the requests that the Dionian buyers often made to the Athenian potters were related to the wars in the rise of the Dionian kingdom, the miracles of Hades, and the great deeds of King Davers. The Chronicle of Northern Italy (adapted from Ansitanos' reference to information written by Massimus, the secretary of the Kingdom's Ministry of Intelligence, in the Etruscan Frontier Corps, in the forbidden area of the Turiyi Library...... Of course there is (Hades Codex). This made Thelesia the only place in Greece where the Hades Codex was openly sold, with the exception of Messenia, Neo-Sparta, and Thessaly.

"Be careful! Be careful! If one of them breaks, you'll lose three months' salary! ......" the foreman reminded the slaves who carried the pottery loudly that the fine pieces of pottery were placed in wooden boxes covered with straw and thick wool.

Before leaving, Hesklaus repeatedly told the foreman to start making the next batch of pottery as soon as possible, but only to be meticulous and not to make any mistakes.

There was a port not far from Thlesia for the transport and export of pottery, but Hesklaus brought it back to his house on the outskirts of Athens. He said that he was his own house, but in fact it was only a long-term rent, because Hesklaus was a Gentile and had no right to buy real estate in Athens.

If it was four years ago, Hessaly did not have the courage to settle in Athens to do business, because he was a small merchant from Thessaly, which was once regarded as a barbarian land by the Athenians, but Thessaly became a region of the sacred kingdom of Theonia, and the Thessalian became Dionian citizens, and Hesklaus was fortunate enough to meet a great merchant of Turiyi, and with his support and support, he moved his family to Athens to engage in pottery.

Athens was an open city-state, and the various industries were filled with a large number of foreigners, most of whom were of humble status. Although the Athenian citizen hated Hesklaus's identity, the identity of the Dionian citizen ensured that the judge did not favor the natives too much in case of trouble, and of course he had to abide by the laws of Athens, and in addition to paying a certain amount of taxes and occasional public welfare contributions, as a foreign merchant, he also had to pay a small market tax that Athenian citizens were exempt from.

Of course, these expenses were only a drop in the bucket for the profits he earned, and the most reassuring thing for him was that because of his status, he would not be randomly recruited by the Athenian government to fight as hoplites. Of course, since the establishment of the New Greek Union, there has been no war in Greece itself, and the days of fear of the people have passed.

Now Hesklaus has no desire to return to Thessaly, preferring to stay in this commercial Athens forever.

In the evening, Hesclaus hosted a banquet at his home, inviting several Thessalian merchants who were doing business in Athens like him.

Everyone sat at the feast, eating delicious food, drinking wine, and talking about the great changes that Dionia had brought to Thessaly in recent years.

If nothing else, the format of their banquets has changed greatly, no longer like the traditional Greek banquet, where each guest has a couch, half-reclining to eat, drink, and talk, but all sit on wooden chairs with their own tables in front of them, due to the increasing frequency of Dionian and Thessaly, as well as the impact of the migration of some Dionian citizens to the Thessaly Plain. Although this inferiority complex is gradually fading, another inferiority complex is quietly breeding, that is, when facing citizens from Dionya itself, so the Thessalians who are close to the Diorian mainland have been trying their best to learn, such as the merchants have been trying to imitate their customs and habits, in order to get closer to each other.

The atmosphere of the banquet was very warm, everyone drank a little too much, and Hersklaus called his eldest son, Lirias, and drunkenly told him that tomorrow he would take him on a boat to Turiy.

The 9-year-old boy was so excited that he didn't get a good night's sleep.

As a result, early on the morning of the second day, Hesklaus did not remember the incident at all, Lirias cried and fussed, and finally under the persuasion of his wife, Hesklaus had to nod and agree.

After breakfast, he took his son and led the pack team to the port of Piraeus.

Piraeus is the largest trading port in the Eastern Mediterranean, with thousands of cargo ships passing in and out of the port every day.

Hesklaus came to a remote dock, even though it was still early, it was already full of cargo ships, the ground was full of all kinds of goods, and countless dock laborers and slaves were busy carrying goods to the ship. Fortunately, at the banquet last night, several Thessalian merchants had agreed to leave for Turriy together, and they had already booked cargo ships and found laborers (the port of Piraeus stipulated that pack caravans not belonging to the port were not allowed to enter the docks, so as not to disturb the order of the docks and cause losses), Hersklaus hurriedly asked the laborers to carefully carry their wooden boxes containing pottery to the warehouse at the docks, and then the laborers' foremen took him into the warehouse.

In the center of this huge room, which is also full of goods, is the office of the Athenian port officials at this wharf, and after confirming the type and quantity of goods that Hecklaus wants to ship out of Athens, they have Hesklaus register and sign, and then calculate the value of his entire shipment according to the market price, and require him to immediately pay 1/10 of the tax on the exported goods (Athens stipulates that whether it is an export or an import of goods, a 1/10 tax must be paid, which is simple and rude and convenient, but the tax is too high, Naturally, the price at which the goods are sold is also high, and once the goods are unsalable, the owner of the goods faces losses).

Hesk Lauss carried with him a large amount of silver Hades (the Dionic coin, since the establishment of the New Greek Union, it was popular in mainland Greece because of its high silver content and exquisite production, and the Athenian owl silver coin was due to the depletion of Laurion silver mines and the large consumption of the treasury by the wars over the years, its silver content has dropped again and again, and it is no longer as popular as before, and even many Athenians prefer to use Hades silver coins), and immediately delivered it as required.

There was also a set of official measuring tools in the office, which were carefully examined by clerks to confirm that they were correct before authorizing the departure of the Hersklaus ship.

By the time the goods were loaded onto the ship and the ship left the dock, it was almost noon.

Hesklaus and the others were on the largest cargo ship, and when the whole fleet left the Gulf of Salon, the wind turned southward, and the fleet with its sails raised sailed as if it had wings. Hesklaus and several other merchants were overjoyed, as the help of the sea breeze meant that the fleet could reach Turrij earlier.